Spearheaded by Alistair Woodland, the agile team at Clifford Chance LLP advises a wide range of corporate clients and financial institutions on the full spectrum of complex employment matters. It regularly advises on sensitive boardroom and senior executive matters; mergers and acquisitions; restructurings and redundancies. Other focus areas span diversity and inclusion issues, employment litigation, and employment investigations. Chinwe Odimba-Chapman has a broad practice, which includes advising on the employment and labour law aspects of M&A transactions/outsourcing projects, as well as advising on executive terminations. Odimba-Chapman is also skilled at handling High Court litigation. Alastair Windass advises on a wide range of employment, labour and HR issues in the UK, and on a cross-border basis.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Superb team from partners to associates. Great at organising strategic projects.’

  • ‘Alastair Windass is phenomenal to work with. Very knowledgeable and thinks strategically.’

  • 'Alastair Windass is very impressive, collaborative and proportionate in his responses.'

  • ‘The team offer good diversity and good knowledge of the law.’

  • ‘Highly responsive to client needs in short order.’

  • 'Strategic and focused advice on the key issues is the value add. Accessible, creative and pragmatic on key issues.'

Key clients

  • Actis LLP
  • Informa PLC
  • Unilever PLC
  • The Arsenal Football Club Limited
  • Admiral Group plc
  • CVC Advisers Limited
  • Credit Suisse

Work highlights

  • Provides employment law advice in relation to employee and partner exits, restructures, and ongoing issues with employees and partners.
  • Provides global employment law advice, including in relation to sensitive hires and exits, FCA regulatory and data privacy matters, and ongoing employment-related issues.
  • Continues to advise Actis, one of the employment group's long-standing clients, on a wide variety of employment and partnership matters, relating both to Actis itself and its investee companies.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alistair Woodland

Other key lawyers

Chinwe Odimba-Chapman, Alastair Windass